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India vs England, 2nd ODI: As it happened

India downed England by 15 runs in a thriller at Cuttack as Virat Kohli starts his limited-overs captaincy journey with a series win.

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India vs England, 2nd ODI: As it happened
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India Today Web Desk
India Today Web Desk
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 19, 2017 22:48 IST

Hello and Welcome to our Live Coverage of the second ODI between India and England at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. (Live Scorecard)

India Innings:

09.41 IST: THAT'S IT! India beat England by 15 runs to clinch the series. Another excellent contest. The result was not too much in doubt after India made 381 but Eoin Morgan took the game close, giving the hosts some doubts.

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England did not get off the best of starts, losing Alex Hales early. But then, Roy and Root fought hard with a century stand. India then bounced back with three wickets in 32 balls and the tourists seemed to be getting rolled over. But Moeen Ali and skipper Morgan then revived their team with a quickfire stand of 93 from just 73 balls. India were a bit worried during the 40-over mark but Moeen Ali's wicket opened the floodgates. In the end, it was too much left for Morgan to do and he fell after scoring a magnificent 102.

Not a series for bowlers. Around 700 runs were scored the other night and tonight, 747 have been scored. The spinners did the trick for India, with Ashwin and Jadeja going for just 110 in 20 overs combined, picking up 4 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was excellent at the death, stifling the batsmen.

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21.08 IST: WICKET! Jasprit Bumrah gets his second as he removes Chris Woakes for 5. England are capitulating now. A slower ball outside off, 111 kph, Woakes is early into his swing and completely misses the ball. It hits the off stump. England 304/7 (44.2 overs), need 78 runs more to beat India 381/6

21.03 IST: WICKET! Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the danger-man Moeen Ali for 55. Bhuvneshwar provides the breakthrough for India! Smart bowling, keeps this full and around off, changes the pace as well, delivering the off cutter. Moeen looks to go over the top of cover but ends up getting a thick inside edge onto the stumps. A fine, fine knock from Moeen but India keep chipping away. England 299/6 (43.3 overs), need 83 runs more to beat India 381/6

21.01 IST: FIFTY! Moeen Ali slams fourth half-century. England 297/5 (43 overs), need 85 runs more to beat India

20.50 IST: DROPPED! Moeen Ali dropped on 37 by Ravindra Jadeja off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. England 276/5 (41.2 overs), need 106 runs more

20.43 IST: Ravichandran Ashwin finishes his spell of 10 overs with 3/65. England 269/5 in 40 overs, need 113 more

20.34 IST: FIFTY! Eoin Morgan brings up his half-century off 53 balls. England 252/5 in 37.4 overs

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20.22 IST! DRINKS! England require another 145 runs from 14 overs at 10.35 RPO. Not impossible though but India have the edge at the moment. All eyes will be on Eoin Morgan and Moeen Ali as the duo has added 31 runs in 4.4 overs. It will be tricky few overs now. England 237/5 in 36 overs

20.05 IST: WICKET! Ashwin gets his third. Remember the great Ian Chappell at this stage of the game. He always used to point towards fielding as an important aspect in the game. Many a times, what happens is, a fielding effort changes the course of the game. On the previous ball, two runs were available but because of Jadeja, the batsmen got only a single. Had that not happened, Buttler would never have been on strike! The darter from Ashwin, slipping this down the leg side, sensing that Buttler will come at him and then making the ball to go past the bat. Dhoni collects and then waits for the batsman to try to get back. Buttler sees that, tries to get back but then Dhoni whips the bails off. England are crumbling now. Wide signalled as well. England 206/5 in 31.3 overs

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19.49 IST: WICKET! Ashwin strikes again as he removes Ben Stokes for 1. That stays low and goes through. The carrom ball around off, Stokes stays back, playing for the turn, but the ball goes straight on, takes the inside edge and hits the stumps! England have lost two in quick succession now. England 173/4 in 27.2 overs

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19.45 IST: WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja gets rewarded for his hard work. Jadeja gets Roy again. The change of pace does the trick. Tossed up slowly on middle, Roy stays back and looks to run it down to third man but the ball turns away just a touch and hits the off stump. England 170/3 in 26.1 overs

19.23 IST: WICKET! Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Ravichandran Ashwin delivers in his first over. Ashwin gets Joe Root to break a 100-run partnership. Root once again falls after a start and Ashwin has struck with his fifth ball. Full and outside off, a bit of width, Root goes for the slog sweep with mid-wicket inside the ring but only ends up being away from the ball. Gets a top edge which balloons in the air and Virat Kohli calmly takes it at short mid-wicket. That brings the crowd to life which was beginning to get restless. England 128/2 in 19.5 overs

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19.20 IST: FIFTY! Jason Roy slams his 7th fifty while Joe Root gets to his 19th half-century. England 126/1 in 19.2 overs

19.11 IST: DROPPED! A tough one though. Jason Roy dropped on 44 by Jasprit Bumrah off Hardik Pandya. A short ball outside off, Roy pulls it over mid-wicket. Bumrah leaps but the ball bursts through his hands and races to the fence. England 113/1 in 17.2 overs

18.56 IST: SIX! That's massive from Jason Roy. The England opener is not letting Hardik Pandya settle as he comes down the track and hits Pandya over the long on fence for a big six. England 87/1 in 13.2 overs

18.54 IST: FIFTY PARTNERSHIP! Jason Roy and Joe Root have added 53 runs for the second wicket. England 81/1 in 13 overs

18.47 IST: Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack in the 11th over. Second Powerplay has also been signalled. England 70/1 in 11 overs

18.33 IST: FOUR! That's a fine shot. Joe Root slashes hard past cover point for four off Jasprit Bumrah. That also brings up England's 50. England 50/1 in 7.2 overs

18.27 IST: FOUR! Fine shot. On a length outside off, Root stays back and punches it behind point for a boundary. England 38/1 in 5.2 overs

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18.17 IST: OUT! Caught behind! One down, 9 to go. On a good length outside off, Hales looks to push it away but ends up chasing the ball and nicks it behind to Dhoni. Simple catch and India have an early breakthrough. Bumrah gets rid of Hales for 14. ENG 28/1 in 3.5 overs

18.12 IST: FOUR! CRISP! Half volley outside off, Hales leans and drives it wide of mid off for a boundary! ENG 20/0 in 3 overs

18.10 IST: FOUR! Third man is up and Bhuvi bowls this wide outside off. Hales reaches out and slices it over short third man and gets a boundary

18.06 IST: FOUR LEG BYES! Harsh on the bowling side. Bumrah almost bowls a yorker, but outside leg, Alex stumbles but the ball goes off his pads to the fine leg fence! ENG 9/0 in 2 overs

18.04 IST: Bhuvneshwar starts with a maiden! ENG 0/0 in 1 over

18.00 IST: Alex Hales and Jason Roy are out in the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts for India.

Yuvraj had last scored a hundred way back in 2011 World Cup -113 vs West Indies at Chennai. So, it took him 5 years 9 months to score a hundred. This gap is the third highest for an Indian between two hundreds.

Longest Gap between hundreds:

Gap Span Player Between 100s
7 years 7 months 4 days 1987-1994 Manoj Prabhakar 1 & 2
7 years 3 months 23 days 1990-1997 Mohammad Azharuddin 3 & 4
5 years 9 months 30 days 2011-2017 Yuvraj Singh 13 & 14

Yuvraj-Dhoni Partnership today - 256 runs off 230 balls, Yuvraj 149, Dhoni 100*, Extras 7.

Yuvraj Dhoni Partnership
Dots 56 63 109
1s 41 36 77
2s 3 5 8
3s 0 0 0
4s 21 9 30
6s 3 3 6

India 381/6 in 50 overs vs England. Yuvraj Singh 150, MS Dhoni 134. For England - Chris Woakes 4/60, Liam Plunkett 2/91

England had a great start with the ball, as Woakes removed the top order in a jiffy. But the 256-run stand between Yuvraj and Dhoni completely put England out of the game. Yuvraj was at his best, smashing 150 out of 127 balls, while Dhoni, albeit he was cramping, put in 134 of his own. The stand started at a run rate of under 4 and finished at a value of 6.67. Woakes got a 4-fer but he would have preferred to have got Yuvraj's wicket as well.

Terrific batting display by the hosts. Actually that is an understatement. From 25/3 to recover to post 381 is simply outstanding.

17.31 IST: Woakes to R Jadeja, An anti-climatic end. A short ball outside leg, Jadeja looks to hook but misses. He expects a wide but does not get it. A dot ball to end the proceedings and INDIA FINISH ON A COMMANDING 381/6!

17.31 IST: Woakes to Jadeja, SIX!!

17.30 IST: Woakes to Jadeja, FOUR!

17.20 IST: Dhoni holes out at square leg for 134 off 122 balls, Plunkett gets the wicket. Ind 358/6 in 48 ovs

17.16 IST: India go past 350 with a massive six by Dhoni off Plunkett, the second off the over. Ind 351/5 in 47 ovs

17.07 IST: Plunkett to Jadhav, OUT!! Gets the timing all wrong and hits a full-toss delivery straight to the fielder. India 323/5 in 46 ovs

17.02 IST: Dhoni brings up 300 for India with a terrific boundary down the ground. india 308/4 in 45 overs. Dhoni 110*, Jadhav 11*

16.51 IST: Woakes to Yuvraj, OUT!! Caught behind! Yuvraj finally falls. Woakes has his fourth. A full ball wide outside off, Yuvraj looks to drive this through the covers but the feet do not move as much and he gets a thick nick to the keeper. He departs for a wonderful 150 from just 127 balls. Deserved a double there. The crowd stands as one. What a knock. Take a bow. Can England come back from here? The 256-run partnership for the fourth wicket comes to an end. India 281/4 in 43 overs

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16.50 IST: Woakes to Dhoni, CENTURY!! Dhoni smashes 10th ODI hundred in 106 balls. Almost a catch as well. A short ball outside off, Dhoni pulls this towards deep square leg. Alex Hales gets across from deep mid-wicket but the ball drops just in front of him. A single taken. India 281/3 in 42.5 overs

16.48 IST: Woakes to MS Dhoni, hammers 200th SIX in ODI cricket, he is the first India to do so.

16.44 IST: Yuvraj Singh reaches maiden 150 in 126 balls. India 273/3 in 41.5 overs

16.34 IST: India 261/3 in 40 overs. Yuvraj 145*, Dhoni 85*. Partnership: 236 runs off 212 balls.

16.32 IST: While Yuvraj and Dhoni send England on a wild leather chase, here's look at their bromance

16.31 IST: Yuvraj Singh goes past his career-best score of 139 with a SIX!! Ind 258/3 in 39.3 ovs

16.22 IST: Ball to Yuvraj, FOUR!! This is batting of very high quality. Full and outside off, Yuvraj just chips this over cover, wide of mid off and gets another boundary! 11 from the over!

16.22 IST: Ball to Yuvraj, FOUR!! This is vintage Yuvraj. Ball bowls this sort and outside off, Yuvraj just dismisses this from his presence with a fine pull over mid-wicket.

16.17 IST: Woakes to Dhoni, SIX!! Comes down the track and pulls the short ball for a massive hit over long on. That six also brought up the 200-run partnership between Yuvi and Dhoni. Ind 226/3 in 37 ovs

16.11 IST: Ball to Yuvraj, FOUR!! That's the second boundary off the over. Yuvraj moves on to 116*, Dhoni batting on 71*

16.06 IST: Yuvi has scored a hundred after 2132 days. His last ton came against West Indies in the 2011 World Cup in Chennai.

16.01 IST: Yuvraj-Dhoni partnership reaches 170, which is the highest for any wicket by an Indian duo in ODI cricket.

15.57 IST: Yuvraj Singh slams 14th ODI hundred in 98 balls. India 190/3 in 33 overs

15.51 IST: Stokes to Yuvraj, FOUR!! 150-run partnership between Yuvraj and Dhoni. Ind 176/3 in 31.2 ovs

15.39 IST: Stokes to Dhoni, EDGED, FOUR! 62nd Half century for Dhoni. He has been living a charmed life in the last 15 minutes but he has done well. Full and wide outside off, Dhoni throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge which flies past the diving Jos Buttler to the third man fence!

15.34 IST: Dropped! Ball drops Dhoni on 43 and the ball runs away to the boundary. Dhoni moves to 47

15.31 IST: SIX! Here comes the Helicopter shot! Dhoni brings up India's 150 with a maximum off Moeen Ali

15.27 IST: FOUR! Fine shot. A short ball on middle, Yuvraj pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary to move into the 80s. IND 141/3

15.20 IST: FOUR! What a shot from Dhoni. Full and outside off, Dhoni drives it straight down the ground and gets a boundary! IND 132/3

15.17 IST: Tenth 100-run partnership comes up between Dhoni and Yuvraj

15.16 IST: FOUR! That is too easy for Yuvraj. Gets a half volley on the pads from Willey and Yuvraj flicks it calmly through mid-wicket for a boundary!

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15.12 IST: FOUR! A short ball down the leg side, Yuvraj swivels and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary! IND 117/3

15.08 IST: Stokes to Yuvraj, SIX!! That's the 150th ODI maximum for the legend.

15.02 IST: Yuvraj Singh scores his 52nd half-century in ODI cricket. Yuvi last scored a half-century in November 2013 against West Indies in Kanpur. India 95/3 in 20.2 overs

14.57 IST: Yuvraj and Dhoni are reviving old memories for Indian cricket fans. The duo have been a part of nine-century stands in ODIs. Before this, they had amassed 2797 runs in 64 innings at an average of 49.07.

14.46 IST: Stokes to Yuvraj, takes a single and brings up the fifty-run partnership with Dhoni.

14.45 IST: Players take a drinks break with India 74/3 in 16 ovs. Yuvraj 35*, Dhoni 15*. Partnership: 49 runs off 68 balls.

14.33 IST: Ball to Dhoni, FOUR!! Dhoni scores his first boundary but cutting a short ball outside-off for a boundary. Dhoni also completes 4000 runs at home in the process.

14.23 IST: Plunkett to Yuvraj, FOUR!! Yuvraj brings up India's fifty with a classic drive through the covers for a boundary. He has already hit six boundaries till now. Ind 55/3 in 11 ovs

14.16 IST: Woakes bowls his third consecutive maiden, two to Dhoni. Ind 39/3 in 9 ovs. Yuvraj 14*, Dhoni 1*

14.11 IST: Ball to Yuvraj, FOUR!! Full and down the leg side, Yuvraj just flicks it through square leg and gets a boundary! 12 runs from the over! India (39/3 in 8 ovs)

14.11 IST: Ball to Yuvraj, FOUR!! CLUNK! A short ball on middle, Yuvraj pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary!

14.10 IST: Ball to Yuvraj, FOUR!! Fine shot! On a good length around middle and leg, Yuvraj tucks it over square leg and gets a boundary!

14.09 IST: Virat is yet to lose a match in India as captain.

13.55 IST: Woakes to Dhawan, BOWLED!! Drags it on! Third wicket for Woakes! He is on a roll. Full and outside off, swinging away, Dhawan looks to drive but there is no feet movement and he gets a thick inside edge which shatters the stumps. India in a bit of a bother here, 3 down for not many. Ind 25/3 in 4.4 overs

13.47 IST: Woakes to Kohli, OUT!! Kohli is gone cheaply today! Big, big wicket for England. This is very full outside off, a touch wider, perhaps Kohli thinks it is a yorker and looks to dig it out. But he is fooled by the length and ends up just pushing at the ball. The bat hits the ground and the ball takes the outside edge towards second slip. Ben Stokes gets across to his left, fumbles in the first attempt but then takes it in the second. Woakes is cock-a-hoop. Yuvraj Singh is the new man in. Ind 22/2 in 3 ovs

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13.44 IST: Woakes to Kohli, FOUR!! Kohli opens his account with a terrific straight drive for a boundarie. Ind 18/1 in 2.2 ovs

13.42 IST: Woakes to Rahul, OUT!! Edged and taken! Woakes has the first strike! A lovely delivery. Lands this in the avenue of apprehension, which is around an area near the 4th stump. This means that the batsman has to play at it and Rahul does. The length is somewhere between full and good, which further means that the batsman cannot leave it, assuming that the ball will go over the stumps. So Rahul looks to play. But at the last moment, the ball moves away and takes the outside edge. It dips on its way to second slip where Ben Stokes takes a very good catch above the surface. Woakes is pumped up and why not? Early break for England again. India 14/1 in 2.1 overs

13.39 IST: FOUR!! Dhawan drives Willey for two consecutive boundaries through the covers

13.32 IST: Woakes to Rahul, FOUR!! Rahul opens his and India's account with a boundary off the very first ball. Ind 4/0 in 0.1 ovs

13.20 IST: Here are the two teams for today.

1.00 IST: TOSS!

Eoin Morgan wins the toss, England will bowl first against India. England have made one change - Liam Plunkett comes in for Adil Rashid. One change for India as well - Bhuvneshwar Kumar replaces Umesh Yadav.

12.45 IST: Virat Kohli inspects the pitch at the Barabati Stadium.

12.40 IST: Yuvraj is gearing up for the clash with a session in the nets at the Barabati stadium.

Preview:

A flamboyant Indian team that has converted chasing down incredible targets into an art form are once again ready to show their ruthless streak as they aim for a series clinching victory against England in the second One Day International match, here on Thursday.

With 'Chase Master' Virat Kohli playing one magical knock after other, knocking off 300-plus scores has been like a walk in the park with the skipper himself smashing 17 tons at a staggering averaging of 97-plus in those matches.

And with India's penchant of producing quality batsmen, it was Kedar Jadhav, who matched his skipper stroke-for-stroke during his 65-ball hundred.

India now are the only team to have chased 350-plus thrice and in each of them Kohli has been the backbone with centuries each but Jadhav's innings caught English skipper Eoin Morgan off-guard.

The diminutive Jadhav's confidence in such a short international career made everyone sit back and look up in astonishment.

As the teams gear up for the second ODI at Cuttack, England team will certainly feel a bit deflated after failing to defend a total of 350 having got four top-order batsmen back in the hut for less than 100.

"We went to alternative plans, primarily trying to get Virat off strike. But we certainly did not expect Jadav to play like that. India kept up with the rate, and kept coming, and the wicket allowed them to do that," Morgan said after the match.

Add to that, India have had a good record at the Barabati Stadium, where they have won 11 out of their 15 ODI games.

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